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Chiwere texts

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Chiwere texts
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Object Details

sova.naa.ms4800_ref415
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3668c85c7-d7b4-4d32-9900-e176a545957c
Local Numbers
NAA MS.4800: (3.3.1) [304]
Local Note
Old number 1411 (part)
typescript and autograph document
Other Title
Day and his sons
The Orphan
Ishcinke and Heke
Mishcine wekan etawe
Utwaqe and Mishcine
The Rabbit and the Grasshoppers
The Snake and the Ring
How the Rabbit killed the Bears
Creator
Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
Correspondent
LaFlesche, Joseph
Addressee
Meacham, Col
Collection Creator
Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
Place
Iowa
Topic
Folklore
Language and languages -- Documentation
Otoe
Creator
Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
Correspondent
LaFlesche, Joseph
Addressee
Meacham, Col
Culture
Chiwere
Oto
Indians of North America -- Great Plains
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MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers
MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers / Series 1: Siouan-Catawban / 1.4: Chiwere-Winnebago
Sponsor
Creation of this finding aid was funded through support from the Arcadia Fund. Digitization and preparation of additional materials for online access has been funded also by the National Science Foundation under BCS Grant No. 1561167 and the Recovering Voices initiative at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
Extent
36 Pages
Date
undated
Container
Box 45, Item 304
Archival Repository
National Anthropological Archives
Type
Archival materials
Pages
Collection Citation
Manuscript 4800 James O. Dorsey papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Collection Rights
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital surrogates are available.
Negative Microfilm on file. See [1]
Scope and Contents
Contents: Day and his sons (Oto); copy of letter from a group of Indians (including Joseph LaFlesche) to Col. Meacham, May 8, 1879; The Orphan (Oto); Ishcinke and Heke; Mishcine wekan etawe; Utwaqe and Mishcine (Oto); The Rabbit and the Grasshoppers (Oto); The Snake and the Ring (Oto); How the Rabbit killed the Bears (Oto); an Iowa fable told by Charles Morgan's father to Mrs LaFlesche; an Oto story, told to Mrs Mary LaFlesche in her youth.
Collection Restrictions
The James O. Dorsey Papers are open for research. Access to the James O. Dorsey Papers requires an appointment
NAA.MS4800_ref415
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3668c85c7-d7b4-4d32-9900-e176a545957c
NAA.MS4800
NAA
Record ID
ebl-1503512914364-1503512914448-4

  • MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers

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